Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Newmax Technology Co., Ltd. is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which means at least one examiner is handling more than one matter. This concentration can lead to more consistent feedback across certain applications in the portfolio, as the 5 pending office actions are reviewed by a limited group of individuals.
All 5 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, providing a unified administrative environment for the company's semiconductor patents. RICKEL, ALEX PARK is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This focus within a single art unit despite having 4 distinct examiners suggests a very specific technical niche for the company's current patent activities. Practitioners can leverage the stability of the 1 distinct art unit to streamline procedural responses while addressing the specific preferences of RICKEL, ALEX PARK.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2 | 70.9% | +14.6% |
| MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 1 | 85.9% | +3.2% |
| CHOI, JACOB Y | 1 | 47.8% | +36.6% |
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 1 | 74.7% | +8.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929515 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991323 | LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING AN IMAGE QUALITY OF THE LENS MODULE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 18763938 | OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS OF AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE | CHOI, JACOB Y | — |
| 18220281 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18991323 | LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING AN IMAGE QUALITY OF THE LENS MODULE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18929515 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18763938 | OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS OF AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE | CHOI, JACOB Y | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18385371 | OPTICAL ZOOM LENS MODULE AND HEAD MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18220281 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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